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Edge & Christian
Edge (right) & Christian (left) at the 2018 WWE Hall of Fame
Tag team
Members Edge
Christian
Name(s) Edge and Christian
High Impact
Revolution X
Canadian Rockers
Hard Istian
E&C
Team E&C / Team EC
Los Conquistadores
The Brood
Team ECK
Rocket Strappers
Heights 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) – Edge
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) – Christian (Cage)
Combined
weight		 453 lb (205 kg)
Hometown Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Billed from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Debut 1998 (in-ring competition)
Trainer Ron Hutchison

Edge & Christian (E&C) were a Canadian professional wrestling tag team best known for their time in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), later renamed World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), where they won the WWF Tag Team Championship on seven occasions. Initially, the two were portrayed as on-screen brothers, but the aspect was de-emphasized in the mid-2000s, and in 2010, the team was officially retconned as legitimate childhood friends. The team disbanded in 2001 but reunited briefly under the SmackDown brand in 2011. Edge, however, announced his retirement from professional wrestling due to neck injury on the April 11 episode of Monday Night Raw, which would ultimately end their final run together. Edge made his in-ring return in 2020, followed by Christian in 2021, as the two were both entrants in the 2021 Royal Rumble. Shortly after, Christian left WWE for All Elite Wrestling (AEW) using the ring name Christian Cage, and Edge would then join AEW in 2023 under his real name as the "Rated R Superstar" Adam Copeland.

In addition to their seven reigns as WWF Tag Team Champions, they each won singles titles during their run as a tag team. Edge and Christian are also noteworthy for their participation in the first three Tables, Ladders, and Chairs matches (TLC matches). They are considered one of the major teams that revived tag team wrestling during the Attitude Era. In 2012, WWE named them the greatest tag team in WWE history. The team's popularity propelled Edge & Christian to main event success, with both men becoming multiple-time world champions in their own right.

Championships and accomplishments

  • Canadian Pro-Wrestling Hall of Fame
    • Class of 2021
  • Insane Championship Wrestling (Milwaukee)
    • ICW Streetfight Tag Team Championship (1 time)
  • Pro Wrestling Illustrated
    • Match of the Year (2000) vs. The Dudley Boyz and The Hardy Boyz in a triangle ladder match at WrestleMania 2000
    • Match of the Year (2001) vs. The Dudley Boyz and The Hardy Boyz in a Tables, Ladders and Chairs match at WrestleMania X-Seven
  • World Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Entertainment/WWE
    • World Heavyweight Championship (2 times) – Edge
    • WWF Intercontinental Championship (2 times) – Edge
    • WWF Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time) – Christian
    • WWF Tag Team Championship (7 times)
    • King of the Ring (2001) – Edge
  • Wrestling Observer Newsletter
    • Tag Team of the Year (2000)

Images for kids

  • WWE - Newcastle Arena 030499 (2)

    Christian (left) & Edge during their time in The Brood

  • Edge and Christian WWF - King of the Ring 2000

    Edge (left) & Christian preceded matches with a five-second pose for flash photography where they would often mock their opponents or the location of the event

  • Adam Copeland

    Edge in June 2008

  • Christian Cage in TNA House Show

    Christian in September 2008

  • Edge y christian destrozando el coche de Del Rio

    Edge destroying Alberto Del Rio's car, as Christian watches, at WrestleMania XXVII

See also

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